— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
Broteen Shakes forwarded us the video flyer for YBCA's “Noel Noir” party, noting it “might be pretty fun.” After watching the trailer, I couldn't help but feel both confused and as if I got slapped in the fact by insanity itself. Looking for more info, I turned to the event's about page:
On December 10, don your fanciest thrift store best for the people’s winter ball and we shall bedeck the holidays in black! Noël Noir is a celebration of the Bay Area's love of the strange and the beautiful—for art and culture geeks, decompressed burners, untenured professors, hippy futurists, the funemployed, poly gamers, queerdos and anyone who wants to take a picture. More Tim Burton than Frank Capra, Noël Noir will whisk you away into the season’s seamier (and sexier!) underbelly.
What that means in English is, “it is a costume ball / holiday un-party in which you get drunk while rocking out of a selection of bands curated by Noise Pop.” Even if that isn't your thing, let me stress you watch their video flyer. It's a goddamn masterpiece.
Comments (6)
yes because when I think of the occult I think of fucking Crown City Rockers and Honey Sound System. Come on, if you’re trying to make that shit scary then stop pussy footing and make it fucking scary. Whatever it’s on them, hope they raise money but I’ll pass on a burner’s idea of scary party
Black Christmas, White Kwanzaa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYaJIAz_YKE
@SergDun, the trailer wasn’t intended to be scary at all but cheesy tongue-in-cheek choppy B-movie stupidity. because MAKING FUN OF BLACK METAL STEREOTYPES IS FUCKING FUNNY. It’s a trailer for a stupid hipster Xmas party, not a recital of some satanic grimoire accompanied by human sacrifices. Sense of humor?
I want scary, yeah corpse paint is easy to make fun of . the idea of some anti jesus holiday party shit I can support but go hard with it. If this party was loaded with slow ass grinding metal and weird witch house visuals I would totally go.
Hahaha yeah for sure, but getting drunk and making fun of clueless yuppies will never stop being fun. It seems like scary isn’t really the point of the party at all, you’re dead on with the burning man art fag crap, but those people are easy to scare, and scare the crap out of me anyway. The only way to make any party really fun is to light everything on fire and make sure real blood makes an appearance. Be the change you want to see in the world.
I made this video. Thanks for the “goddamn masterpiece” comment. That made me feel warm inside.
YBCA parties are actually often really fun and attract diverse crowds that are not primarily composed of hipsters, thank you very much. They are going to have a room where they show queer occult movies. So, that’s where I will probably be most of the night.
I don’t see this fim as making fun of metal. Both the guy who plays the axeman and myself are huge metalheads, but the film IS humorous. I just saw it as a commentary about how a lot of people, particularly non-christians, feel about Christmas.